BERLIN ::
A HISTORY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNCG'S EMERITUS SOCIETY PROGRAM
WITH GUEST LECTURER DR. JEFF JONES
JUNE 19 TO JUNE 25, 2022
Offered in Partnership with Jeff Jones and The Emeritus Program of The University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Accommodation :: Pestana Tiergarten
$3400 per person, double occupancy, with a single occupancy supplement of $650.
Trip includes 6 nights accommodation, 6 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners, all trip-related ground transportation, guides and admissions.
Not included are airfare, airport transfers and alcoholic beverages.
SUNDAY JUNE 19
Tour begins at 2:00 p.m.
Walking Tour of Central Berlin
An introduction to the rich, sometimes dark, always fascinating history of Berlin
Lecture :: Bismarck and Unification of The German State
Professor Jones begins with this essential background on the creation of Modern German State
Dinner :: CAFE um NEUEN SEE BIERGARTEN
Dinner in the Tiergarten in this most quintessential of German institutions: the beer garden
MONDAY JUNE 20
REICHSTAG BUILDING & DOME TOUR
No building is more intertwined with the history of Berlin than the elegant Reichstag, the
LUNCH :: KAFER
After our history lesson, we enjoy lunch with a view at the beautifully situated restaurant on the roof of the Reichstag
The five museums of this UNESCO World Heritage complex is the very embodiment of late 19th German ideals and its treasures are legendary including Nefertiti and Istar Gate
TUESDAY JUNE 21
Lecture :: The Last Years of Imperial Berlin, World War I and the Weimar Republic
Professor Jones reviews the tumultuous and fateful years leading up to the calamitous rise of Nazism
We tour this exceptionally fine history museum to learn more about Berlin’s unstable entry into the 20th century
Arguably the most important design movement of the first half of the 20th century, the museum contains design icons while at the same time providing a window into the great cultural optimism that flourished before the raise of Nazism
We tour this museum dedicated to the artists of ‘Die Brucke’ as the German Expressionist of the Weimar were known
WEDNESDAY JUNE 22
Lecture :: The Rise of Nazism and World War II
Professor Jones discusses this uniquely traumatic era in German and, indeed, world history
We tour this comprehensive museum of the Third Reich’s SS and Gestapo
We go below the streets of Berlin to tour bunkers and other still extant evidence of the WW II
THURSDAY JUNE 23
Lecture :: Divided Germany and the Cold War
Professor Jones unpacks this period of complex stand off between the major powers and a defeated Germany
Like the Reichstag, Tempelhoff provides a thread that runs through Berlin’s war and post-war years
An open-air exhibition using a portion of the Wall and its surrounding security structures to examine its history
The most famous border crossing of the Cold War period
The ‘Wall’ Museum could also be called 'the museum of escapes' highlighting as it does the many successful—and unsuccessful—escapes from East to West
FRIDAY JUNE 24
Lecture :: From Reunification To The Present
Germany comes to terms with her past and looks ahead
Designed by Daniel Libeskind and opened in 2001, Berlin’s Jewish Museum bears witness to over 2000 years of the Jewish experience
KRUEZBERG MARKET
We visit this open air market which is at the heart of Berlin’s increasingly multi-ethnic cultural life
OPEN AFTERNOON
FAREWELL DINNER
DINNER :: PAULY SAAL
For our farewell dinner Pauly Saal provides ample proof that Berlin more than holds its on amongst the world’s culinary capitals
SATURDAY JULY 25
TOUR ENDS AT BREAKFAST